FINDINGS OF SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT
NIH GUIDE, Volume 25, Number 42, December 6, 1996
P.T. 34
Keywords:
Ethics/Values in Science & Technol
Grants Administration/Policy+
Department of Health and Human Services
Notice is hereby given that the Office of Research Integrity (ORI)
has made a final finding of scientific misconduct in the following
case:
Eric Whitters, Ph.D., University of Oregon: Based upon an
investigation conducted by the University of Oregon as well as Dr.
Whitters' own admission, ORI found that Eric Whitters, Ph.D., former
postdoctoral fellow, Institute of Molecular Biology at the University
of Oregon, engaged in scientific misconduct by fabricating
experimental results that involved the selective growth of yeast
strains that he represented as having temperature-sensitive
phenotypes. The research was supported in part by a grant from the
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), National
Institutes of Health (NIH).
Dr. Whitters has accepted the ORI finding and has entered into a
Voluntary Exclusion Agreement with ORI in which he has voluntarily
agreed, for the three year period beginning November 6, 1996, to
exclude himself from:
(1) any contracting or subcontracting with any agency of the United
States Government and from eligibility for, or involvement in,
nonprocurement transactions (e.g., grants and cooperative agreements)
of the United States Government as defined in 45 C.F.R. Part 76
(Debarment Regulations), and
(2) serving in any advisory capacity to the Public Health Service
(PHS), including, but not limited to, service on any PHS advisory
committee, board, and/or peer review committee, or as a consultant.
The research at issue did not affect any published research and was
not included in any grant application.
INQUIRIES
For further information, contact:
Acting Director, Division of Research Investigations
Office of Research Integrity
5515 Security Lane, Suite 700
Rockville, MD 20852
Telephone: (301) 443-5330
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